Delivering Renewal and Innovation to mass Vehicle Electrification enabled by V2X technologies
Credit:
EU
In view of its increasing share of electrically powered vehicles, the mobility sector is becoming an increasingly relevant component of the overall energy system. Factors such as decentralisation, bidirectional charging capability and storage capacity open up immense flexibility options for grid stabilisation to compensate for fluctuating energy feed-in from the renewable sources (sun and wind). At the same time, we face the challenge of designing the mass integration of e-mobility in a way that serves the market, the system and the user. Against this background, the DriVe2X project, funded by the European Union, is researching cros-sectoral ingration interfaces between e-cars and individual elements of the overall energy system, for example to households ("V2H"), buildings ("V2B"), grids ("V2G") or other infrastructure units (collectively referred to as "V2X"). The Institute of Networked Energy Systems is cooperating in DriVe2x with a total of 18 project participants from eight EU countries.
Research project DriVe2X
Duration
January 2023 to December 2026
Funded by
European Commission – Horizon Europe
DriVe2X is a Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Action (RIA) project funded under Programme 5.2: Climate, Energy and Mobility.
Project participants
LUT University (FL)
Institute of Networked Energy Systems (DE)
Centre for New Energy Technologies (PT)
LABELEC (PT)
Engineering (IT)
TNO (NL)
TU Dortmund (DE)
Tecnalia (ES)
Power Research Electronics (NL)
TU Delft (NL)
Fondazione Icons (IT)
e-Motion (IT)
ASM Terni (IT)
Székely Family (HU)
City of Amsterdam (NL)
ANA Aeroportos (PT)
Future Isle of Wight (UK)
Nottingham Trent University (UK)
The primary project objective is to develop suitable tools, models and technologies for V2X interfaces in order to accelerate their market introduction – also by means of suitable political instruments. This is to drive V2X flexibility markets and make charging technologies smarter, more efficient, cheaper and more compact. The flexible energy potential of smart charging in public charging stations and homes is to be quantified and analyzed on the basis of artificial intelligence. The plan is to match this data with the local demand of the distribution grids in order to explore dynamic marketplaces for the exchange and trading of V2X flexibility on site.
The Institute of Networked Energy Systems is involved in two main areas of work in the DriVe2X research project. Firstly, under the leadership of the Energy Systems Technology department, the aim is to develop prediction methods using machine learning (ML), with which V2G flexibilities can be determined, quantified, predicted and optimised (see graphic). For this purpose, the project team has mobility and behavioural data as well as urban, environmental and energy system data at its disposal, which are collected at several V2X demonstration sites for six use cases (V2H, V2B, V2G, V2 Airport, V2 Stadium, V2 DC Mini-Grid).
On the other hand, the Energy System Analysis department is working on strategies for the large-scale introduction of V2X charging stations. The aim of this work is to determine the impact of a mass deployment of V2X on the energy system, including greenhouse gas emissions and resources. It also aims to support the urban planning of future European smart cities. It is planned to develop a methodology based on scenario analysis with multi-level modelling frameworks. For this work, the use of the energy system model REMix developed at DLR is planned.
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